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13 hours ago, Tonik said:

Well that fucking sucked.

Saturday took the wheels off to get new tires. I added a hidden receiver for a cooler rack under the rear fender so that had to come off. Sunday I put the new tires on, then put the receiver back on.

Snapped a bolt that goes into a block that is welded to the trunk brace.

Good half inch sticking out but it wouldn't budge. So I needed to heat it, but it's right up against the right saddle bag. So that had to come off. To get that off I had to pull the seat, two panels below the seat. The backrest so I could pull all three trunk panels off....then I had to unhook all the shit in the saddle bags.

Manual release cable that goes to the left bag and a manual release cable for the trunk. FM antenna, GPS antenna and a fucking Bluetooth antenna for the passenger because it's too far to the front one I guess. Heated the bolt and it came right out.

That took all of Sunday afternoon and night.

Monday I chased the threads and got the receiver back on.

From 5 PM until now to put it all back together.

 That thing is a POS. I’ll give you 1500 for it 

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19 hours ago, Tonik said:

Well that fucking sucked.

Saturday took the wheels off to get new tires. I added a hidden receiver for a cooler rack under the rear fender so that had to come off. Sunday I put the new tires on, then put the receiver back on.

Snapped a bolt that goes into a block that is welded to the trunk brace.

Good half inch sticking out but it wouldn't budge. So I needed to heat it, but it's right up against the right saddle bag. So that had to come off. To get that off I had to pull the seat, two panels below the seat. The backrest so I could pull all three trunk panels off....then I had to unhook all the shit in the saddle bags.

Manual release cable that goes to the left bag and a manual release cable for the trunk. FM antenna, GPS antenna and a fucking Bluetooth antenna for the passenger because it's too far to the front one I guess. Heated the bolt and it came right out.

That took all of Sunday afternoon and night.

Monday I chased the threads and got the receiver back on.

From 5 PM until now to put it all back together.

And that is why there are sportbikes!

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1 minute ago, max power said:

Not sure where to put this and don’t have time to look. Any of you central  Ohio bubbys have a small motorcycle trailer I could borrow for the next week?

 

Want to haul my Xr650 to the beach

I would have put it in its own thread for better exposure. Helpful mod that I am, I can move it.

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2 hours ago, B-Mac said:

Hay Mud Bone, you can use my trailer.

You got a small one I can pull behind the Subaru? My 7 x 12 is total overkill & sticks out 3 feet on each side. 

 I know you have one just couldn’t remember what size

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14 hours ago, mello dude said:

Was only going to replace the rear tire, when suddenly I got an attack of the "while I'm at it disease"...  (dammit, I did it again!) 

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With everything still there including the handlebars and throttle I am thinking you could turn that into the fastest jack ever.

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More suspension upgrades on Injun. Rear springs and shock swapped from a 2017 version that were upgraded to progressive springs at the factory because the 15-16 springs were garbage.

These are the old 2016 springs.

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Side by side comparison.

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Newer 2017 and up springs.

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16 hours ago, 2talltim said:

More suspension upgrades on Injun. Rear springs and shock swapped from a 2017 version that were upgraded to progressive springs at the factory because the 15-16 springs were garbage.

 

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Newer 2017 and up springs.

 

 

OK, but the new ones are NOT SHINY! :)

 

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35 minutes ago, Shoop said:

OK, but the new ones are NOT SHINY! :)

 

You know the original choice of spring was because they "looked" better. 

I guess they found customers actually preferred something that worked.

 

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Little taillight addition to the Injun. LED running light and flahing then solid bright brake light just below the lisense plate. For some added visibility.

 

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Annnnd. We have tassels... :nono: Thought we were going to clip them off when we put the leather wraps on the grip. But...No, she likes them.

Not my bike but I had to put them on. Yes dear. Heated grips still get pretty warm through them.

 

 

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